Posted by peeved in PV
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Apr 23, 2013 at 8:21 pm

I used to have a sunny garden with flowers, bushes and a lawn. Now, thanks to a neighbor's enormous eucalyptus trees, I have no lawn, no flowers, no sun, and a bunch of debris from the trees. But, hey, eucalyptus trees have more rights to sunshine than people, native flowers and bushes have.

What is wrong with requiring that huge fire and storm hazards be removed?

Posted by love our town
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Apr 25, 2013 at 4:39 pm

I think they should have to pay the full fine. They should have to follow the rules just like everyone else and not flaunt bypass them. It's likely their removal would have been approved, so they should have done the right thing and applied and paid the minimal fee. Now they're complaining because they didn't follow the rules. Shameful.

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